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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Today's #flashfiction #WarOnceDoneNeverDone

“Take a right in 1.7 miles.”
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy* #quote


CJ will be coming over today. Anyway onto the flash fiction!

War Once Done Never Done


            In the year 2500 the Emperor of the Canadian Empire sat across from the President of the United States of Rome. Before they began their negotiations they needed to wait for the time scouts to return. One from each nation, as they wouldn't trust the other not to lie. This war had much to gain or lose on each side and would cause a ripple effect throughout the entire world. The meeting took place in a United Nations meeting room. Any other delegates from other nations were there to politely watch or access the situation with the cameras. Except for the few that planned to bargain with the winner or loser after the fact.
         The time scouts returned through a vortex in strange white suits. They took off the helmets together without thinking of each other. The scout for the United States of Rome looked plenty happy but the scout for the Canadian Empire looked devastated and almost corpse-like. He knelt before his Emperor. Some form of mental trauma distorted his complexion and turned his body into half the man he once was...or less.
        “My professional opinion is that the cost analysis leaves the war not to our benefit,” he bowed deeper and continued speaking. “With the entire army lost and a twelve year length, we are forced to resort to a draft. We secure victory, but a victory only in name my Emperor.”
        The Emperor hid his shock and depression at the news as he thought. He then replied, “Then we will not go to war and yield to the President's demands as long as they stay reasonable.”
        Usually it is in human nature for people to gloat over success, but the President of the United States of Rome stayed quiet. Not out of the respect of Emperor of Canadian Empire. He absolutely despised that man. But he stayed quiet out of respect for all those who died in the now alternate time line. Another war averted through time scouting.

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